In its August 2010 issue, Travel + Leisure highlights "20 to Watch: 2010's Best Up-and-Coming Hotels," many of which can be found in the Five Star Alliance collection. Predicting "the next hottest hotels around the globe," Travel + Leisure scoured the globe "to pick out this year's new and refurbished, expanding, or otherwise evolving hotels." What the magazine's editors found: domestic hotels are raising the bar, with fantastic luxury hotels in the United States and Canada. So without further ado, here's the list:
Algodon Mansion, Buenos Aires
Amangiri, Utah
Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Jumby Bay, A Rosewood Resort, Antigua
The Pierre New York, A Taj Hotel
Radisson Blu Le Metropolitan, Paris
Ritz-Carlton Reserve Phulay Bay, Krabi, Thailand
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments, London
Trident, Bandra Kurla, Mumbai, India
Veranda Resort, Turks & Caicos
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sicily
W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island
Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, Australia
Destination Spa: The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu , Malibu, California
Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square Hotel
London, United Kingdom
Radisson Blu Edwardian Leicester Square Hotel is a discrete and... more >>
Thornbury Castle
Thornbury, United Kingdom
Kings and queens have stayed here. Courtiers have flirted with... more >>
White Swan
Bondgate Within Alnwick, United Kingdom
Set in the heart of the historic market town of Alnwick and only... more >>
Castle Hotel and Spa
Tarrytown, United States
Situated on sprawling hilltop acres overlooking the Hudson... more >>
